January 2023

Long Beach, California has a lot of different neighborhoods to choose from that offer a wide range of amenities.  For those who don't need to be right on the beach then areas like the Circle Area is a great place to look as it's ideally located just south of the 405 freeway near the N Lakewood Blvd exit.  This is where you will find the condos of Atherton Plaza located at 5001 E Atherton Street.  This an iconic complex for this area with condos built in 1979 with two to three bedroom floor plans to choose from.  Over the years these were commonly priced in the $300,000 to $400,000 range and it was only since 2020 that real estate prices really jumped up to the mid $600,000 range.  This was in fact due to low inventory of housing coupled with low interest